ICST - Mission

ICST, a Europe-based professional society, acts as the interlocutor of the ICT revolution and its global impact on technology and society. ICST sponsors ICT-related research, innovation, technologies, and their applications that can be harnessed into the advancements of all sectors of human society. By viewing ICT as the axis of the next revolution, ICST brings together diverse ICT research efforts in various sectors of science, technology and business to maximize the impact and benefits of ICT.

ICST is a global society reaching out to professionals on all continents who are interested in ICT science, technology, or business and their applications, to the emerging disciplines of the 21st century. As an interface between Europe and the world, ICST works to facilitate international collaboration and links the global and the European academic, scientific, engineering, and business communities in all ICT-related disciplines. By providing effective, innovative, and location-independent platforms for the generation, dissemination and sharing of research, technology, and business information, ICST links ideas with opportunities and industry with policy makers, thus providing a gateway for joint exploitation and promotion of research and innovation.

ICST views the grassroots partnership of scientists, engineers, and community leaders as the primary catalyst for accelerating research, supporting technology transfer and the resulting innovation. In order to allow participation from around the world without discrimination on the basis of economic status or location, ICST is dedicated to pursue web-based membership policies that: allow no membership fee for participation; encourage a proactive, prosumer-based approach to contribution by rewarding Society activities; make its members partners in the Society benefits in direct proportion to the value of their contribution; provide participation incentives which inherently lead to promoting innovation, prestige, and excellence, and use global web communities to recognize excellence by community, not by committee.

ICST ultimately strives to promote the full potential of ICST as the ubiquitous engine for growth, development, and improved quality of life. To this end, the ICST institute pledges to support endeavors that are of benefit to its members, and through their success, to the human society at large.